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Sweden gives prisons power to block pornography

Swedish Parliament concluded a debate on Wednesday that will give correctional facilities the ability to keep pornography out of prisoners' cells if it is deemed unbeneficial, reports John Connolly, LifeSiteNews.com.

A spokesman for the Christian Democrat party told the press that since prisoners are being rehabilitated, it is not reasonable to give access to pornography to prisoners serving time for sexual crimes. The proposal, which will give censoring power to correctional facilities, goes into effect on April 1. Correctional facilities will also be able to ban reading material deemed non-beneficial.

The proposal was opposed by the Social Democrat party, which argued that banning pornography goes against fundamental human rights. Nevertheless, the passage of the motion was heralded as good news by pro-family institutions, both nationally and internationally.

"I'm pleased to see that even a liberal country such as Sweden understands the harm of allowing prisoners access to graphic material that depicts women as sexual objects to be exploited," said Daniel Weiss, senior analyst for media and sexuality at Focus on the Family Action. "Porn doesn't just harm prisoners, however. It also contributes to countless broken marriages and addictions, and the hypersexualization of our children. There is simply no room in decent society for this kind of material."

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[01/28/2008]

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